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FACT
SHEETS
Below
are glossaries and fact sheet on HIV/AIDS from various sources.
Facts
for Life: What You and the People you Care about need to Know about HIV/AIDS
has been produced by the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFar). You can
download the pdf version at http://www.amfar.org/binary-data/AMFAR_PUBLICATION/download_file/3.pdf
UNAIDS's Fact Sheet on An Overview of HIV/AIDS-Related Stigma and Discrimination
http://www.unaids.org/fact_sheets/files/FSstigma_en.html
provides an overview of HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination, with some
references to gender. It outlines the nature of stigma and discrimination; discusses
stigma, discrimination and human rights, and provides ideas on human-rights based
actions to address the issues.
World Health Organisation (WHO)'s Women
and HIV/AIDS: Fact Sheet No 242 http://www.who.int/inf-fs/en/fact242.html
published in 2000 provides the overview of the statistics of the epidemic, women's
vulnerability to HIV infection, and the need for a gender-based response.
Fact sheet on Gender and HIV/AIDS produced by UNAIDS in 2001 informs
on how Gender roles and relations powerfully influence the course and impact of
the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Click on the pdf version of the file.
Download the
UNAIDS-Gender&HIV-UNAIDS-2001
in PDF format (309kb)
UNICEF Fact Sheet on HIV and Infant Feeding
was produced by UNICEF in September 2002 based on WHO/UNICEF/UNAIDS policy guidelines
on infant feeding. It accommodates all infant feeding options for mothers with
HIV. Central to these guidelines is the right of mothers to make decisions, on
the basis of full and clear information, on what is best for them and their infants,
and to be supported in carrying out those decisions. Click the pdf version of
the fact sheet.
Download
the pub-hiv-infantfeeding-UNICEF
in PDF format (192kb)
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NEW - (Colombo, 19 January 2007) The AIDS Society of Asia and the Pacific (ASAP) and UNAIDS have met today in Colombo, Sri Lanka as members of the International Advisory Committee (IAC) to the 8 th International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific (ICAAP) which is scheduled to be held in Colombo between 19-23 August 2007. 
